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Patrick Vallance, chief scientific adviser in 2020, found the ex-PM ‘completely inconsistent’, in his evidence to the Covid inquiryBoris Johnson’s decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic was described as “bipolar” and “completely inconsistent” …
Exclusive: PM claims he has changed phone since running the Treasury and did not back up the messagesRishi Sunak has failed to hand over his WhatsApp messages from his time as chancellor to the Covid inquiry despite the high court ruling that ministers…
Conference season is here, along with significant electoral tests, followed by the king’s speech and autumn statementWith a general election fast approaching – one has to be held by 28 January 2025 at the latest – there is little time for Rishi Sunak t…
Questions for current and ex-PM over their handling of the pandemic put off until NovemberThe “box office” inquisitions that will bring Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings before the Covid-19 inquiry have been shunted back a month until Nov…
Former PM’s spokesperson says ‘relevant’ messages will be handed over to Covid inquiry ‘unredacted’UK politics live – latest updatesBoris Johnson has vowed to pass his pandemic WhatsApp messages over to the Covid inquiry after experts managed to recove…
Six weeks of hearings have seen arguments about pandemic planning bound up with old battles over Brexit and austerity• Covid inquiry hears call for more cash for public healthSome witnesses made tearful apologies; others defiantly denied fault. After s…
Campaign groups for bereaved in all UK nations said progress of pandemic showed country was not preparedPeople who died with Covid were treated like “toxic waste”, bereaved families have told the UK Covid-19 public inquiry, as they expressed their dete…
Levelling up minister strongly denied work to leave EU hindered readiness for crisis at Covid inquiryMichael Gove strongly denied planning for a no-deal Brexit weakened pandemic readiness and claimed it actually helped in evidence to the UK Covid-19 pu…
Government loses legal challenge after resisting supplying unredacted WhatsApps, notebooks and diariesUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have been ordered to hand over an unredacted cache of documents including Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages…
Inquiry hears of communication problems and lack of preparedness for pandemicCommunication from central government was so poor during parts of the Covid pandemic that directors of public health relied on TV and newspapers to find out about key decision…